Metallic wagon running-gear.



witnesses I A. N. GALKINS.

METALLIC WAGON RUNNING GEAR.

APPLICATION FILED FEB.27. 1906.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 1 PATENTED NOV. 20, 1906.

PATENTBD NOV. 20, 1906.

A. N. GALKINS. METALLIC WAGON RUNNING GEAR.

APPLICATION FILED FEB, 27,1906.

I 2 SHHETSSHEET 2- Q vi hwooeo 6 M 24 mm UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

METALLIC WAGON RUNNING-GEAR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov.20, 1906.

Application filed February 27, 1906. Serial No. 303,267.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ADDISON N. CAL INs, a citizen of the United States,residing at Quincy, in the county of Adams and State of 5'-Illinois,haveinvented certain new and use- ,ful Improvements in Metallic l/VagonRunning-Gear; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear,and exact description of the same,reference being had to t e oaccompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, and to theletters of reference marked thereon. This invention relates toimprovements in the running-gear of Wagons, and particu- 5 larly runnin-gear made solely or chiefly of metal, the jects ofthe invention beingto provide a gear of strong but simple construction and adapted towithstand hard. wear and rough usage.

0 Further objects of the invention are to provide a structure the partsof which may be manufactured economically and assembled with thegreatest facility. The invention consists in certain novel details ofconstruction and combinations and arrangements of parts, all as will benow described, and pointed out particularly in the ap ended clalms.

eferring to the accompanying drawings, 0 Figure 1 is a perspective viewof a Wagon running-gear embodying the present 1mprovements. Fig. 2 is afront elevation of the front axle and bolster. Fi 3 is a similar view ofthe rear axle and boTster, one end 5 being shown partly in section.Figs. 4 and 5 are -vertical sections on the lines 4 4 and 5 5,

respectively, Fig. 2. Fi 6 is a horizontal section on the line 6 6, Tig.2. Fig. 7 is a vertical section on the line 7 7, Fig. 3.

.0 Similar-letters of reference indicate like parts in the severalfigures.

;The bodies of the axles are a composite structure, each embodying twopressed-steel plates united by rivets, the upper edges of 5 the platesbeing oppositely flanged and the flanges seated within and united to anin verted channeliron, the flat face of which thus constitutes the topof the structure.

The two pressed-steel axle-plates referred to are indicated in thedrawings by the letters A A, eachhaving its upper edge flanged outwardly at B B and each having a substantially horizontal semicylindricalrecess therein at C C. When brought together .and 5 united by rivets,the recesses C C inclose the axle lettered D, and it will be understoodthat this axle D may be tubular, as shown, or solid or may consist ofshort sections or stubs D, as shown in Fig. 3.

The flanges B B of the plates are surmounted by an inverted channel-ironE, se-

be placed upon it.

Where the stakes are rigid with the axle, as shown in Fi 3, the ends. ofthe channeliron are turned up, as at E, and they are' supported in thisposition and the Whole structure made solid by vertically-extendingbrace-plates G, G, Fig. 6, flanged at their inner edges at g g andunited to the plates A A at their lower ends by rivets. These plates G Gconstitute stakebraces, and besides being riveted together and to. thechannel-iron they carry the stake-rings H, which may be held by pivotspassing through the plates, so as to form a permanent butlooseattachment.

. The front axle carries at the center a bol star-plate I, secured inplace on top of the channel-iron, and resting on this bolsterplate is asecond bolster-plate I, secured to the bottomof the bolster. The bolsteritself is formed of pressed-steel plate K K, flanged at is along theupper edges to receive a channel-iron L and at k to rest on thebolsterplate I. The bolster-stakes are formed by bending the ends of thechannel-iron up and reinforcing them by pressed-steel plate overlappingand secured to the ends of the bolster, as before described inconnection with the rear axle.

The plates K K, forming the bolster, and the front axle-plates A A areboth formed with vertical recesses, preferably by being. ro ev pressedout centrally, for the reception of the king-bolt M which latter passesvertically between the plates K K, through the channel iron on the axleand between the axle-plates A A, and through the axle itself, 10 5 Wherethe latter extends from side'to side'of the wagon.

To prevent wear on th plates, the socket for the king-bolt is preferablyreinforced by an additional thickness of metahas at N, Fig. 5, I I0 andtheking-bolt is held in place by a crossriveted at their rear ends tothe plates of the rear axle above the axle itself, and braces P extendfrom the plates below the axle to the channel-irons a short distance inrear of their union. Thus the parts are held rigidly and braced againsta possibility of being twisted out of shape. 4

To relieve strain on the king-bolt, the front axle is rovided with arearwardly-extending circ e Q, formed of angle-iron, riveted to theaxle-plates and working through a guide Qon the reach. I

Where a tubular axle is employed, its ends are tapered, as shown in Fig.3, and the skein lit-is held in place thereon by a nut r on a cen tralbolt 7*, anchored in an internal tapered plug W, and the nut S forretaining the wheel 1s formed with an opening ofsuflicient size to passover the nut r.

The construction of the gear, it will be seen, is exceedingly simple andthe parts serve to mutually reinforce each other, this being especiallyapparent in the overla ping of the stake-braces, plates, and axle-pates, and in the united channel-irons and flanges of the plates. All ofthe transversesupports between the wlieels'i. e., the axles andbolsterare of the double pressed steel and channel-iron construction,thus permitting of the use of practically uniform stock throughout.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a running-gear for wagons the com-. bination of pressed-steelplates flanged outwardly at their upper edges and connected rigidlytogether face to face and an inverted channel-iron within which saidflanges are seated and to which they are rigidly secured to form atransverse support between the wheels substantially as described.

2. In a running-gear for wagons, a transverse support embodyingpressed-steel plates riveted together and having their upper edgesflanged outwardly in opposite directions and a channel-iron secured tosaid flanges and with its own flanges embracing I the flanges of theplates; substantially as described.

3. In a running-gear for wagons, a transverse support embodyingpressed-steel plates secured ri idly together face to face and formed wih opposite recesses constituting iron holding-chambers in the structureand oppositely-flanged upper edges and a channel-'ron secured to saidflanges and with its own flanges embracing the flanges of the plates;substantially as described.

4. In a running-gear for wagons, a transverse support embodyingpressed-steel plates secured rigidly together and having 0 positelongitudinal recesses and oppositelyanged upper edges, an axle mountedin the chamber formed by the opposite recesses and an invertedchannel-iron seated over and secured rigidly to the flanges of theplates; substantially as described. a

5. In a running-gear for wagons a transverse support embodyingpressed-steel axleplates secured rigidly together and having oppositerecesses and oppositely-flangedupper edges, an axle mounted in thechamber formed by the recesses, upwardly-extending brace-platesoverlapping and secured rigidly to the ends of the axle-plates andhaving their inner edges flanged in opposite directions, and an invertedchannel-iron bent to embrace the flanges of the axle-plates and flangesof the bracelates and forming with the brace-plates sta es at the endsof the axle; substantially as described.

6. In a running-gear for wagons, a trans verse support embodying metalplates secured rigidly together face to face and flanges in oppositedirections atthe upper edges, an inverted channel-iron secured to andembracing said flanges and having its ends bent upwardly to form stakesand brace-plates for said stakes; substantiall as described.

7. In a running-gear or wagons, atransverse support embodying metal"plates secured rigidly together face to face withtheir upper edgesflanged in opposite directions, an inverted channel-iron secured to andembracing said flanges and having its ends bent upwardly to form stakesand brace-plates for said stakes having their inner edges flanged inopposite directions and .their lower ends overlapping andv securedrigidly to the'ends of the plates forming the transverse support;substantially as described.

8; In a running-gear for wagons thecombination with the rear axle,axlelates embracing the axle and secured toget er face to face, aninverted channel-iron secured onthe upper edge of the plates, and areach, of a front axle, axle-plates embracing the front axle and securedtogether face to face and having their upper edges flanged in oppositedirections, an inverted channel-iron secured to and embracing saidflanges and a kingbolt passing vertically through the channeliron andbetween the axle-plates below the channel-iron; substantially asdescribed.

, ADDISON N. CALKINS. Witnesses:

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L. E. EMMONB,J1.

